This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
judgement continues today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html

"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
> successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
> he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
> for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
> judgement continues today.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
> http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html

I wonder what the reason for invalidation was. I don't see the relationship
(or infringement) between a comic strip and peanut butter. .

"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
>> This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
>> successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
>> he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
>> for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
>> judgement continues today.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
>> http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html
>
> I wonder what the reason for invalidation was. I don't see the
> relationship (or infringement) between a comic strip and peanut butter. .

There doesn't need to be a relationship. All that's needed is some asshole
who wants to be contentious. A current example is the company that makes
Monster Cable. They're suing and/or harrassing 50+ companies and individuals
for everything ranging from use of the word "monster" in a company name, as
in www.monster.com, to using the word publicly as an adjective to describe
even non-commercial ventures. A few months ago, our local news interviewed a
guy whose family website contained the words "Our Monster", describing a
llama he'd just added to his collection of farm creatures. He assumed the
company had made a mistake when they emailed him to cease and desist, but
their attorney insisted that Monster Cable did, indeed want him to remove
the word.

In article >, says...
> This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
> successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
> he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
> for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
> judgement continues today.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
> http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html
>

History is replete with idea ripoffs by big corporations of the time.
Look at the inventore of FM, Armstrong. RCA screwed him big time.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
> successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
> he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
> for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
> judgement continues today.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
> http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html

But note that the makers of Old Dutch Potato Chips and Old Dutch
Cleanser co-exist peacefully.

--
Dan Goodman
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
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Dan Goodman wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
> > successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
> > he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
> > for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
> > judgement continues today.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
> > http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html
>
> But note that the makers of Old Dutch Potato Chips and Old Dutch
> Cleanser co-exist peacefully.

If it were a coincidence that the Skippy comic strip
and Skippy peanut butter were developed independently,
then the lawsuit would certainly have less merit.

But that's not the case. One was directly based on
the other, as evidenced by examples of the packaging
of the peanut butter.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> Dan Goodman wrote:
> >
> > Mark Thorson wrote:
> >
> > > This is interesting. Percy Crosby created a very
> > > successful comic strip, called Skippy. In 1934,
> > > he won a judgement over a peanut butter company
> > > for trademark infringement. Litigation over that
> > > judgement continues today.
> > >
> > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skippy_%28comic_strip%29
> > > http://www.skippy.com/skippy1.html
> >
> > But note that the makers of Old Dutch Potato Chips and Old Dutch
> > Cleanser co-exist peacefully.
>
> If it were a coincidence that the Skippy comic strip
> and Skippy peanut butter were developed independently,
> then the lawsuit would certainly have less merit.
>
> But that's not the case. One was directly based on
> the other, as evidenced by examples of the packaging
> of the peanut butter.

Yes, that is a rather different situation.

--
Dan Goodman
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
Journal http://dsgood.livejournal.com
Links http://del.icio.us/dsgood
Blog http://dsgood.googlepages.com